Mazaki Jinsaburō

Mazaki Jinsaburō

Mazaki Jinsaburō ( Japanese 真 崎 甚 三郎 ; born November 27, 1876 in Saga Prefecture ; died August 31, 1956 ) was a conservative Japanese general.

life and work

Mazaki Jinzaburō's father ran a medium-sized farm in Saga Prefecture. After training, he attended the Army Officer's School from 1896 , from which he graduated in 1897. In 1933 he was promoted to general and a year later appointed inspector general of military training.

Together with General Araki Sadao , he became the leader of the ultra-national association Kōdō-ha . He was suspected of being involved in a plot to kill politicians and was discharged from service in 1935.

The following year, after the coup attempt in Japan on February 26, 1936 , the officers of the Kōdō-ha had undertaken, he came again under suspicion of support. The indictment resulted in an acquittal.

After the Pacific War ended , Mazaki was briefly arrested as a war criminal. Although he was released, he was no longer allowed to work in public under the "purge" ordered by SCAP .

Remarks

1. ↑ This purge in the public service corresponds to denazification , but was much milder than this.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Mazaki Jinsaburō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 940.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Mazaki is the family name, Jinsaburō the first name.